The Girl Who Wasn’t Scared

Nobody sits with Ash. That is simply how it is, until a girl with dark braids walks across the green and sits down on the wall beside him.Oda is not scared of him. When he asks her why, she says it is because she has met him and the others have not.Then the whole village sees her choose the grass instead of the bench, and a boy called Bryn says something loud, and some of the children laugh. Not all of them. But enough.What happens next is the part most friendship stories leave out. Oda stays away for four days. And Ash, who cannot make her come back, decides to go and sit on the wall anyway.A story for children aged 4 to 8 about what a friendship actually costs, and about a friend who gets it wrong and is still the hero. Followed by 20 pages of activities: sort the easy choices from the brave ones, write a letter to your own friend, and a page for the names of people you would sit with even when it is the harder choice.Read aloud for ages 4 to 5, read alone for ages 6 to 8Large 16 point text and a full colour illustration on every page20 pages of activities with a printed answer key, no apps and no linksA complete standalone story. Any book in the series can be read firstBackend keywords: slots 1 to 4 as Book 1, plus 5. books about accepting differences for kids ages 4-8 6. making friends book for kids 7. kindness books for kids ages 4-8